October 23Henderson Center Trailblazers for Justice GalaJoin us for the presentation of the Thelton E. Henderson Social Justice Prize honoring Cruz Reynoso '58, special recognition of Dolores Huerta, and excerpts from Abby Ginzberg's Film "Cruz Reynoso: A Man For All Seasons." Tickets are $125 per person ($100 for '03-'08 alumni and those interested in public service). Named tables are $5,000 with special recognition.
6:00 pm Reception
7:00 pm Dinner and Program
Oakland Scottish Rite Center,
1547 Lakeside Drive, Lake Merritt, OaklandFor more information, visit
http://hcsj.wordpress.com/.
To RSVP, call 510.643.6673, email
rsvp@law.berkeley.edu, or
register online here.
October 25California Women Lawyers Presents: "So, You Want To Be A Judge?"Join the California Women Lawyers for a seminar on the judicial appointments and elections process for men and women. Afternoon workshops will be led by sitting judges. Lunch will be provided, and there will be a keynote speaker during lunch. $175 Pre-registration (by October 23), $150 Current CWL Members, $160 Co-sponsors, $100 New Membership, $75 Law Students.
8:15 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
9 am - 3:30 pm Program
Weintraub Genshlea Chediak,
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Floor, Sacramento.For more information or to sign-up, visit
www.cwl.org, email
cwlinfo@att.net, or call 916.646.3114.
October 28California Center for Environmental Law and Policy Fall Lecture Series: Senator Darrell SteinbergCome hear 6th District State Senator Darrell Steinberg speak. Steinberg is the chair of the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee. In addition, Steinberg is a Senate appointee to the Wildlife Conservation Board, the California Ocean Protection Council and the Legislative Blue Ribbon Commission on Autism (chair).
Lecture from 12:45 to 1:45 pm
Goldberg Room, Boalt Hall, Berkeley
For more information, contact CCELP at 510.642.6774
October 28Torture: US Law & Policy - MCLE credit availablePlease join the Boalt Hall National Lawyers Guild for a panel discussion with Boalt Professors and an ACLU attorney on the criminality and ethics of providing legal justification for torture. This event is open to all who wish to attend. Lunch will be provided, and MCLE credit is available. If you would like more information or have any questions, please contact Jessica Stender at
jstender@berkeley.edu.
12:30 to 1:45 pm
Booth Auditorium, Boalt Hall, Berkeley
October 29Discover Cal Lecture: "Global Poverty: Challenges and Innovations in the New Millennium"Come join all-Cal alumni in the San Francisco area for a lecture by Ananya Roy, associate dean of academic affairs, International and Area Studies and associate professor, and Tom Kalil, special advisor to the chancellor on science & technology. Professor Roy will speak about the Blum Center for Developing Economies' work and its relation to her ongoing research on issues of poverty and inequality. In his talk, Kalil and some students will highlight Big Ideas projects that address pressing challenges in developing countries such as Bangladesh, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Sierra Leone, Nepal, Nigeria, Guatemala, and Ecuador.
Reception 6 to 7 pm
Lecture 7 to 8:30 pm
San Francisco City Club155 Sansome Street, San FranciscoFor more information, please see
http://discovercal.berkeley.edu/ or contact Catherine Brennan at 510.643.7556.
October 30Discover Cal Lecture: "The Health Crisis in America"Come join all-Cal alumni in the San Jose area for a lecture by Patricia Crawford, director of the Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Center for Weight and Health; Robert Tjian, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, and director of the Berkeley Stem Cell Center; and Steve Shortell, dean of the School of Public Health. Professor Crawford will discuss changing trends in obesity for children and adults. A world-renowned expert in the field of stem cell research, Professor Tjian will speak about the rapidly advancing biology of stem cells and its potential application to treat disease. Dean Shortell will discuss the cost, access, and quality challenges facing America's health system.
Reception 6 to 7 pm
Lecture 7 to 8:30 pm
Montgomery Theatre271 South Market Street, San JoseFor more information, please see
http://discovercal.berkeley.edu/ or contact Danielle Wiskersonat 510.642.4742.
November 4California Center for Environmental Law and Policy Fall Lecture Series: "Environmental Law in the Ninth Circuit"Come hear Judge William Fletcher speak. Judge Fletcher serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, having been nominated by President Clinton in 1998. A former Rhodes scholar, William Fletcher worked for the Office of Emergency Preparedness in the Executive Office of the President from 1970 to 1972. He clerked for Judge Stanley Weigel of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco and for Justice William J. Brennan Jr. of the U.S. Supreme Court before joining the Boalt faculty in 1977. He has been a visiting professor at Stanford, Michigan and the University of Cologne, and he has taught at the Salzburg Seminar on American Legal Institutions.
Lecture from 12:45 to 1:45 pm
Goldberg Room, Boalt Hall
For more information, contact CCELP at 510.642.6774
November 5McBaine Moot Court Alumni and Student SocialCall out to all James Patterson McBaine Moot Court competitors! The Competition will be holding its first annual Alumni/Student Social. Learn about what's been going on with the Competition in the last few years, socialize with former competitors, current students and Dean Edley, and be there for the release of this year's case.
Boalt Hall For more information, please contact the James Patterson McBaine Moot Court at
McBaine.Competition@gmail.com.
November 9Berkeley 2008 Charity Ball in Hong KongThe Berkeley Club of Hong Kong presents the Berkeley 2008 Charity Ball. Join Hong Kong-based Berkeley alums for a night of dinner and dancing. The evening will include a keynote speech from UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau, "Making a Difference: Berkeley in the Global Community", and a performance by award-winning a capella student singing group, the California Golden Overtones. For more information, check out the website
here or email
berkeley2008charityball@gmail.com. 6:30 pm
Grand Hyatt Hong Kong
November 14Conference on the Supreme Court of CaliforniaJoin us for Boalt's first-ever conference on the California Supreme Court. This conference will provide a unique forum for judges, government officials, scholars, and practitioners to discuss the work of the courts and to learn more about legal issues affecting the judicial system in California and other states.
9 am to 9:30 pm
Clark Kerr Conference Center, UC Berkeley For more information, and to register, visit
this site or contact Dana Gandhi at 510.643.6732 or dgandhi@law.berkeley.edu.
November 14Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice Lecture Series: "Learning to Walk the 'Toughest Beat': Quasi-Experimental Evidence from the California Correctional Officer Survey"Come hear Amy Lerman, an assistant professor of politics and public affairs at Princeton, speak. The lecture will be followed by a roundtable discussion, and lunch will be served.
Roundtable from 12:30 to 2 pm
Lunch served at 12:15 pm
Dean's Seminar Room, Boalt Hall, Berkeley
For more information, contact the BCCJ at 510.643.7025
November 17After the Vote: A Post-Election Analysis with Boalt's Dean Chris Edley in San FranciscoJoin Christopher Edley, dean and senior adviser to Barack Obama, for a post-election analysis. Panelists include
David Kirp, Boalt visiting professor and public policy expert; Guy Saperstein '69, founder of the National Security/Foreign Policy New Ideas Fund and co-chair of the Democracy Alliance's Strategy Group; and
Dan Schnur, director of USC's Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics and director of communications, McCain 2000. Special thanks to
Kathi Pugh '90 and
Morrison & Foerster for hosting. Because of popular interest, this event will no longer be held at Morrison & Foerster and a new location will be announced soon!
6 to 8 pm
Location TBA, San Francisco
To RSVP,
register online here, call 510.643.6673 or email
rsvp@law.berkeley.edu.
November 18California Center for Environmental Law and Policy Fall Lecture Series: "Codification and Environment: the Italian Experience"Come hear Fabrizio Fracchia, UC Berkeley visiting scholar, speak about the recent environmental code formed in Italy and address the problems that it raises with respect to the role of regional laws, the harmonization at the European level, the relation with the market, and the definition of the concept of environment.
Lecture from 12:45 to 1:45 pm
Goldberg Room, Boalt Hall, Berkeley
For more information, contact CCELP at 510.643.8167
November 21After the Vote: A Post-Election Analysis with Boalt's Dean Chris Edley in Los AngelesJoin Christopher Edley, dean and senior advisor to Barack Obama, for a post-election analysis. Panelists will include Maria Echaveste '80, a former senior adviser to the Hillary Clinton Campaign; Alisa Nave '04, political director, Nevada Senate Democrats; and
Pete Wilson '62, former governor of California, U.S. Senator, mayor of San Diego and California State Assemblyman. Thanks to
Bob Willett '74, Partner & Vice Chair,
O'Melveny & Myers, and his firm for hosting.
12 to 1:30 pm
O'Melveny & Myers,
400 South Hope Street, Floor 26, Los AngelesLunch will be provided.
Join Dean Edley and campaign experts for post-election analyses in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Jim Brosnahan and Kathi Pugh '90 host the San Francisco alumni event from 6-8 pm, Monday, November 17. Please note the new speaker line-up of 
Boalt Hall is hosting the first Conference on the Supreme Court of California at the Clark-Kerr Conference Center on Friday, November 14, 9 am to 6:15 pm. Four plenary sessions will discuss: Review of the Supreme Court's 2007-08 Term; The Death Penalty; Arbitration and Private Judging; and Access to Justice in Family Court. The appellate panelists will include scholars, practitioners, and judges. Each of the plenary sessions will be moderated by a justice of the court: Kathryn Werdegar, Carol Corrigan, Ming Chin, and Marvin Baxter. 
Dignitaries turned the first ceremonial spades of dirt at
a groundbreaking for the new South Addition building, the centerpiece
of a series of ongoing improvements to Berkeley Law's physical complex. Sporting yellow "Cal" helmets and wielding gold shovels wrapped in
ribbon, a group of former deans, and two groups of staff, alumni and
students took turns plunging the spades into the ground of the
courtyard where the new three-level building will sit. 
Come hear Pascal Lamy, director-general of the World Trade Organization speak on "The Case for Trade: Why the Multilateral Trading System is More Important Than Ever for the U.S." Mr. Lamy has served as the director-general of the WTO since 2005.
Previously the trade commissioner of the European Union in Brussels,
Mr. Lamy has also served as chief of cabinet to the president of the
European Commission, a political advisor to the economics and finance minister and the Prime Minister of France, and as president of Notre
Europe, a think tank working on European integration. The event is Wednesday October 29th, at 4:00 pm in Booth Auditorium at Boalt Hall. Please
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